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Why Nabokov’s poem about Superman’s sex life was rejected by <em>The New Yorker</em>.

Why Nabokov’s poem about Superman’s sex life was rejected by The New Yorker.

By Walker Caplan | April 27, 2021

Light the Fire and Fan the Flames: Surviving China’s Cultural Revolution

Light the Fire and Fan the Flames: Surviving China’s Cultural Revolution

Kent Wong on a Childhood Amid Unstable and Dangerous Times

By Kent Wong | April 27, 2021

Foraging for Wild Edible Bamboo on Mount Moriyoshi

Foraging for Wild Edible Bamboo on Mount Moriyoshi

Winifred Bird Ventures Into the Woods with a Bear Hunter and a Train Conductor

By Winifred Bird | April 27, 2021

What is a Philosopher? A Laughingstock, an Absentminded Buffoon?

What is a Philosopher? A Laughingstock, an Absentminded Buffoon?

Simon Critchley is Unafraid to Ask the Hard Questions

By Simon Critchley | April 27, 2021

Would Taxing the Rich Protect Democracy?

Would Taxing the Rich Protect Democracy?

David Stasavage in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 27, 2021

Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

Mary Sharratt on Moving Beyond Coming of Age

By Mary Sharratt | April 27, 2021

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What the fresh hell? Magnum is releasing a Dante-themed ice cream bar.

By Walker Caplan | April 26, 2021

The Endangered Albatross: Elusive, Beautiful, Ancient

By Allison Cobb | April 26, 2021

The Brief, Joyous Life of the Sunwise Turn Bookshop

By Joanne O'Sullivan | April 26, 2021

A Secret Feminist History of the Oxford English Dictionary

A Secret Feminist History of the Oxford English Dictionary

Pip Williams’ Alternate Story of the English Language

By Pip Williams | April 26, 2021

An original Robert Frost manuscript is up for auction.

An original Robert Frost manuscript is up for auction.

By Walker Caplan | April 23, 2021

Lesson From the Old New Deal: What Economic Recovery Might Look Like in the 21st Century

Lesson From the Old New Deal: What Economic Recovery Might Look Like in the 21st Century

Kate Aronoff Draws a Direct Line From 1934 to the Green New Deal of Today

By Kate Aronoff | April 23, 2021

Chillnobyl: Throwing a Rave Deep in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

Chillnobyl: Throwing a Rave Deep in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

“When they closed the Zone it became a dead end. It’s good to see young people here!”

By Darmon Richter | April 23, 2021

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

By Walker Caplan | April 22, 2021

Reading the History of Manhattan in Its Diagrams, Maps, and Graphics

Reading the History of Manhattan in Its Diagrams, Maps, and Graphics

Take a Look Inside Antonis Antoniou and Steven Heller's Collection Decoding Manhattan

By Antonis Antoniou & Steven Heller | April 22, 2021

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

“I learned how to be lonely from a young age.”

By Fatima Bhutto | April 22, 2021

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